makepkg

creates Arch Linux packages from PKGBUILD files

TLDR

Build package

$ makepkg

Build and install dependencies

$ makepkg --syncdeps

Build, install deps, and install package

$ makepkg -si

Build skipping checksums

$ makepkg --skipchecksums

Clean after build

$ makepkg --clean

Verify source checksums

$ makepkg --verifysource

Generate .SRCINFO

$ makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO

Download source and deps only

$ makepkg -so

SYNOPSIS

makepkg [options]

DESCRIPTION

makepkg creates Arch Linux packages from PKGBUILD files. It downloads sources, verifies checksums, compiles the software, and creates an installable package for pacman.

PARAMETERS

-s, --syncdeps

Install missing dependencies with pacman

-i, --install

Install package after building

-c, --clean

Clean up work files after build

-f, --force

Overwrite existing package

--skipchecksums

Skip source checksum verification

--verifysource

Verify source file checksums

--printsrcinfo

Print .SRCINFO to stdout

--nobuild

Download sources but don't build

--noextract

Don't extract sources

-r, --rmdeps

Remove installed dependencies after a successful build

-g, --geninteg

Generate integrity checks for source files

-p buildscript

Read package script instead of PKGBUILD

--nocheck

Do not run the check() function in the PKGBUILD

--sign

Sign the resulting package with gpg

--holdver

Do not update VCS sources

INSTALL

sudo apt install makepkg

sudo dnf install pacman

sudo pacman -S pacman

sudo apk add pacman

brew install makepkg

nix profile install nixpkgs#pacman

CAVEATS

Must be run from directory containing PKGBUILD. Never run as root. Dependencies require pacman access.